No Obligation On Unordered Merchandise Advice
Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson explains you are not obligated to accept pay or return unordered items sent by mail. Do not fear promoters demanding payment. set aside, discard, or refuse delivery by marking Refused-Return to Sender. In some states unordered goods are gifts. using them does not incur charges.
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U.S
W. Marvin Watson
Watson
Ox Auto
Iowa
New York
Illinois
Red China seeks talks with Washington amid Soviet pressure
A global shift in tone shows Red China seeking peaceful dialogue with the United States while Moscow pushes arms talks amid Czech occupation fallout. The Kremlin and Beijing signal diplomacy as Soviet frontier military activity and Hanoi ties shift influence in Asia.
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United States
Peking
Moscow
Red China
Warsaw
Russia
Red Chine
Soviet Union
Prussia
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Far East
North Vietnam
Far Eastern Economic Review
Hong Kong
China
Sinkiang
Manchuria
Chicago Conventions Disorder Debate Sparks Dissent Line
A Chicago August unrest analysis criticizes the National Commission report for mislabeling violent acts as dissent. It argues mass public disorder by youths and police brutality, noting Yippie plans and violent acts from the convention, urging clear distinctions between protest and crime.
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Washington
Chicago
National Commission On the
Conrad Hilton
Commission
Thankful for People Who Help in Time of Need
A reader lists the many Muscatine residents and strangers who aided her aged mother, a nurse, doctors, and a Vietnam medic son. She thanks neighbors who opened doors, a teenager who helped with a wheelchair, public health aides, and a platoon sergeant who kept him smiling. The letter closes with gratitude for service members and a holiday wish.
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Muscatine
How to Treat A Stroke Dear Dr Thosteson
Dear readers ask about stroke care oxygen use and keeping victims calm until ambulance arrival. Dr Thosteson recommends no oxygen if breathing is normal and keeping the patient quiet and warm, with head elevated slightly if breathing easily.
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Dr. Thosteson
Thosteson
Snow slows roads spur sleighing on Sunday
A fall of snow through Sunday afternoon and night aids road conditions for sleighing and cutters. The Nonpariel club plans a meeting at Mrs S E Hughes home. Several local residents are mentioned with military and church activities over the years.
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Etla Card
Cherokee
Robt. R. Thompsons
S. E. Hughes
Clayton W. Schmidt
U. S. Army
India
Weldon R. Schmidt
East Eighth Steet
Warren Patterson
Earl B. Patterson
East Fifth Street
South Pacific
Milo Rittenhouse
Walter Luellen
ANA Sunshine
VFW Hall
This Day in History December Sixth 1968 Highlights
On December 6, 1968, the Associated Press notes major events including the Halifax ammunition ship disaster in 1917 with 1,600 killed and 4,000 wounded, Columbus discovering Haiti in 1492, Jefferson Davis’s death in 1889, Finland’s independence declaration in 1917, a 1938 Germany France pact, FDR's 1941 peace appeal to Hirohito, Pearl Harbor the next day, Saar River battles in 1944, the Discoverer satellite program starting ten years earlier, the Oswald shot in Dallas, and a 1967 heart transplant in New York City with he dying hours later.
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Halifax
N.S
Haiti
Christopher Columbus
Jefferson Davis
New Orleans
Finland
Russia
Germany
France
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hirohito
Japan
Pearl Harbor
U.S. Third Army
Saar River
United States
Dallas
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
Edwin A. Walker
New York City
Prayer for a New Birth of Freedom and Hope
A morning to evening prayer invoking divine guidance for nations and people to find inspiration and hope in the Word. The prayer asks for leadership under Jesus Christ to reveal the glory of God and promote liberty and spiritual renewal.
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Zechariah 14
Jesus Christ
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Ruth Hazlett
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